1/2 Gallon Amber Glass Growler or Jug

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1/2 Gallon Amber Glass Growler or Jug

SKU: 9314A

This Amber 1/2 gallon glass jug ("Growler") is perfect for making a large yeast starter, experimenting with fruit flavors in your wine or beer, or for storing sanitizer solution. Also, a great way to tote your homebrew!

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The Amber 1/2 gallon glass jug is perfect for making a large yeast starter, experimenting with fruit flavors in your wine or beer, or for storing sanitizer solution. Takes a #6 stopper or a 38 mm screw cap depending on what your needs are.

Also, a great way to tote your homebrew! Just fill directly from your tap if you have a draft system. To reduce foaming attach a short piece of hose to the end of your faucet to direct beer to the bottom of the growler. Midwest does not recommend priming beer in these growlers. They are not made to withstand that kind of pressure.

Easy to fill, lid holds well. I like the dark color for bringing beer on a sunny day. If you keg, this is a great way to bring your beer without bringing the whole keg. When not transporting beer, works well for holding left over sanitizer.

These are great for bringing a healthy supply of tap brew to a gathering. The amber color is not only ideal, it's a must to keep oxidation at bay. Oddly enough, this size is outlawed in our home state of Florida so we are table to bring these to microbreweries for fills...that said, it becomes even more of a novelty to bring our own concoctions in half-gallon sizes! These are a great price and well worth it.

This is the standard growler. w ks great for yeast starters and for pouring to go beer off the tap at home. I it's best to use a tube from the faucet to go to the bottom of these when filling to reduce foam. you can also lower the serving pressure a bit. I also like to use the 38mm poly seal caps to seal.

In addition to their value as a growler, these half-gallon bottles work great for primary fermentation of small batches, particularly craft batches of fruit-based alcohol where you may not have enough fresh fruit to do the entire gallon. This makes it great for things like cider, raspberry wine or cordials. Just don't carbonated in here - the blurb warns the bottles could explode. Brown glass keeps out the UV rays and looks great on a shelf.

Use this jug with the 35-45mm foam stopper, and it makes an excellent yeast starter bottle. If used as a starter bottle, I suggest that you add a magnetic stir bar with a stir plate to maximize your cell counts.

I got these along with my kegging system so I could maintain some portability. I am very happy with them. The price is right and they hold carbonation very well. There is something awesome about coming to someone's house with growlers full of beer also.